| Date |
Topics and objectives |
Resources |
| M 8/25 |
Introduction to the course
 | Understand the concept of Java-based open source software
engineering |
| Understanding course resources, structure, and evaluation |
| Decide whether this course is for you. |
|
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| W 8/27 |
Interactive Development Environments
| What are IDEs, and why use one? |
| See a demo of Eclipse |
| Use first programming assignment to get comfortable with Eclipse. |
|
|
| M 9/1 |
Holiday: Labor Day. |
|
| W 9/3 |
Coding standards
| Why have a coding standard? |
| What are Java's best practices for coding standards? |
| Test your ability to see coding standards violations. |
|
|
| M 9/8 |
Lab Day
| Lab and Eclipse orientation |
| Assignment review |
|
|
| W 9/10 |
Build Systems
| Why use a build system? |
| Why use Ant for building Java systems? |
| What are Ant best practices? |
|
|
| M 9/15 |
Lab Day
| Code Rally intro |
|
|
| W 9/17 |
Unit testing
| Why do unit testing? |
| Why use JUnit for Java unit testing? |
| What are unit testing best practices? |
| What is code coverage? |
|
|
| M 9/22 |
Lab Day
| Unit testing and code coverage |
| Code Rally Tournament |
|
|
| W 9/24 |
PageCheck Design and Test review
| Comments on your submissions |
JBlanket and Extreme Coverage |
|
| M 9/29 |
Review
| Quiz answers |
| JBlanket assignment |
| Midterm |
| Extra credit programming assignment |
|
|
| W 10/1 |
Midterm 1
| Tests are open source. You can bring texts, notes, software, etc. |
|
|
| M 10/6 |
(Class cancelled) |
|
| W 10/8 |
Configuration Management Systems
| Why use a CM system? |
| What are common CM problems? |
| What is CVS and how do you use it? |
|
|
| M 10/13 |
Readings Day:
| Servlets |
| Web applications |
| Tomcat |
|
|
| W 10/15 |
Web application development I
| Understand how to exploit Eclipse, Ant, JUnit, and HTTUnit for web
application development |
|
|
| M 10/20 |
Lab Day
| Web application development practice |
|
|
| W 10/22 |
Web application development II
| Session State |
|
|
| M 10/27 |
Lab Day
| Project Discussion |
|
|
| W 10/29 |
Models of the Software Development Process
| Understand models used to describe software development. |
| Be able to compare and contrast different models. |
|
|
| M 11/3 |
Lab Day
| Project Status Reviews |
|
|
| W 11/5 |
Introduction to Hackystat
| PSP vs. TSP vs. Hackystat |
| Sensors, Measures, Analyses |
|
|
| M 11/10 |
Lab Day
| Project Status Reviews |
| Project Management Issues |
|
|
| W 11/12 |
Models of the Software Development Process Part
2:
| Agile Methods |
|
|
| M 11/17 |
Lab Day
| Project review |
|
|
| W 11/19 |
Software Review: Theory
| Understand principles of software review. |
| Understand strengths and weaknesses of various review types. |
|
|
| M 11/24 |
Lab Day
| Project reviews |
|
|
| W 11/26 |
Persistence
| Understand various approaches to persistent data in Java, including
properties, XML, serialized output, and relational databases. |
| Know which persistency mechanism to apply to a given situation. |
|
|
| M 12/1 |
Lab Day
| Project reviews |
|
|
| W 12/3 |
Debugging
| Learn about debugging strategies |
|
|
| M 12/8 |
Lab Day
| Final Project Presentations |
|
|
| W 12/10 |
Lessons Learned
| Present your top 10 lists to the class |
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| M 12/15 |
Final Exam, ICS 613, 2:15-4:15pm |
|
| F 12/19 |
Final Exam, ICS 413, 2:15-4:15pm |
